On her third full length TIDE/TIED, Montreal artist Thanya Iyer expands on the future-folk designs of sophomore album KIND with washes of jazz-infected pop and ensemble ambience. While Iyer explored a more personal journey of self-love on KIND, she, her band, and a cohort of guest musicians embark on a new way of moving on TIDE/TIED, prizing collective care and communal healing as antidotes to the dissonances of living in a colonial, capitalistic world.

Over twelve tracks, Iyer alternates song, synth layer, strings, and loop substance, interfixing with percussionist Daniel Gélinas's meditative drumming and multi-instrumentalist Pompey's adventurous arrangements. Through deeply collaborative process, Gélinas and Pompey -- themselves experienced producers -- created the powerful and intricate worldscapes of TIDE/TIED, guided by Iyer's incisive musical vision, all the while maintaining a cohesive, collective approach to the creative process.

Photo credit: Monse Muro

Future-folk machinations meld with syncopated pop on lead single "Low Tides", building on previous efforts Pitchfork described as "a lucid daydream that's constantly melting at its edges." Although it's a navigation of our lowest moments, Iyer's band is brilliant on "Low Tides", featuring live member Emilie Kahn, whose instrumentation adds celestial revelry to the song's restrained triumph over an intense trial.

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Thanya Iyer writes this about the song:

"Low Tides" is a story about finding our way through our lowest moments with the quiet strength and hope needed to carry us forward when everything feels impossible. It's about waiting for the tides to turn as we move through the feeling that nothing will get better, with the freeze, despair, numbness, and stagnation that often come with it. Living in those spaces is so scary because you lose your ability to dream and imagine that something different can be possible. All we have left to do is trust.

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"The music itself is imbued with a sense of fortitude and possibility--time signatures zig and zag and Iyers balmy voice radiates while synth, horns and percussion exude distinctively restorative qualities."

TIDE/TIED album art by Christiane Shortal

TIDE/TIED US tour 2025:

• April 17, 2025 - Burlington, VT, @ Light Club Lamp Shop
• April 18, 2025 - Brooklyn, NY, @ Cassette
• April 19, 2025 - Philadelphia, PA, @ Abyssinia
• April 25, 2025 - Littleton, NH, @ The Loading Dock